Bobby Mitchell

Robert Van Mitchell

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: April 7, 1955 in Salt Lake City, UT
High School: Chatsworth HS (Chatsworth, CA)
School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 7th round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1980
Teams (by GP): Twins/Dodgers 1980-1983

Final Game: September 21, 1983
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1977	22	LAD-min	A	74	282	221	37	72	19	1	3	28	11	3	57	23	.326	.459	.462	.921		102		0	1	3			CLI · MIDW
1978	23	LAD-min	AA	131	572	480	76	140	17	5	1	42	49	13	84	49	.292	.394	.354	.749		170		0	4	4			SAN · TL
1979	24	LAD-min	AAA	123	535	453	104	148	24	8	2	59	18	11	71	35	.327	.418	.428	.846		194		3	4	4			ABQ · PCL
1980	25	LAD-min	AAA	109	438	347	62	111	20	6	3	53	17	11	74	26	.320	.432	.438	.870		152		0	10	7			ABQ · PCL
1980	25	LAD	NL	9	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	139	1	0	0	0	0	0	/89
1981	26	LAD-min	AAA	104	412	341	68	106	17	5	1	63	14	5	58	37	.311	.404	.399	.803		136		0	6	7	11		ABQ · PCL
1981	26	LAD	NL	10	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.125	.222	.125	.347	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	/897
1982	27	MIN-min	AAA	12	54	43	10	15	7	0	1	5	1	0	9	1	.349	.453	.581	1.034		25		0	1	1	0		TOL · IL
1982	27	MIN	AL	124	513	454	48	113	11	6	2	28	8	9	54	53	.249	.331	.313	.643	76	142	6	2	2	1	4	*8/97
1983	28	MIN	AL	59	181	152	26	35	4	2	1	15	1	1	28	21	.230	.354	.303	.656	81	46	3	1	0	0	2	8/7
1984	29	MIN-min	AAA	85	347	276	47	75	19	4	0	26	10	5	64	37	.272	.408	.370	.777		102		0	6	1	6		TOL · IL
1985	30	DET-min	AAA	111	374	325	47	80	16	3	3	29	5	9	45	50	.246	.339	.342	.680		111		1	2	1	0		NVL · AA
1986	31	TOR-min	AAA	93	280	228	43	63	12	1	5	25	6	5	48	29	.276	.399	.404	.803		92		0	2	2	3		SYR · IL
4 Yrs				202	707	617	75	150	15	8	3	43	9	10	84	78	.243	.336	.308	.644	77	190	9	3	2	1	6
162 Game Avg.				162	567	495	60	120	12	6	2	34	7	8	67	63	.243	.336	.308	.644	77	152	7	2	2	1	5

MIN (2 yrs)				183	694	606	74	148	15	8	3	43	9	10	82	74	.244	.337	.310	.647	78	188	9	3	2	1	6
LAD (2 yrs)				19	13	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.182	.308	.182	.490	43	2	0	0	0	0	0

AL (2 yrs)				183	694	606	74	148	15	8	3	43	9	10	82	74	.244	.337	.310	.647	78	188	9	3	2	1	6
NL (2 yrs)				19	13	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.182	.308	.182	.490	43	2	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1980	25	LAD	NL	9	4	0	-0	0	1	-0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.511	.501	0.0	0.1	0	$	/89
1981	26	LAD	NL	10	9	-1	-0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.487	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/897
1982	27	MIN	AL	124	513	-16	-2	2	11	-1	-6	-0.5	16	10	0.9	.495	.496	-0.2	1.1	-1	$	*8/97
1983	28	MIN	AL	59	181	-3	1	1	-4	0	-5	-0.4	6	1	0.1	.491	.497	0.5	-0.3	4	$	8/7
4 Seasons				202	707	-20	-1	3	9	-1	-11	-1.0	22	10	1.0	.494	.498	0.2	0.9	2	$

MIN (2 yrs)				183	694	-19	-1	3	7	-1	-11	-0.9	21	10	1.0	.494	.496	0.3	0.8	3	$
LAD (2 yrs)				19	13	-1	-0	0	1	-0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	-0.1	0.1	-1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1980	25	LAD	NL	4	2	1	13.5	94	.333	.333	.266	.500	.328	.333	.386	.833	.713	139	.893	0.3	0.0	1.000	.333	.000
1981	26	LAD	NL	9	7	0	0.0	89	.250	.125	.259	.222	.324	.125	.371	.347	.695	2	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.286	.125	.000
1982	27	MIN	AL	513	359	48	3.6	101	.278	.249	.268	.331	.332	.313	.408	.643	.740	76	.389	-14.6	-1.5	.553	.181	.064	3.2
1983	28	MIN	AL	181	121	18	4.0	100	.262	.230	.269	.354	.331	.303	.406	.656	.737	81	.440	-3.1	-0.3	.620	.257	.072	1.0
4 Yrs				707	489	67	3.7	101	.274	.243	.268	.336	.332	.308	.407	.644	.738	77	.402	-18.5	-1.8	.568	.199	.065	4.5
162 Game Avg.				567	392	54	3.7	101	.274	.243	.268	.336	.332	.308	.407	.644	.738	77	.402	-18.5	-1.8	.568	.199	.065	4

MIN (2 yrs)				694	480	66	3.7	101	.274	.244	.268	.337	.332	.310	.407	.647	.739	78	.403	-17.8	-1.8	.570	.200	.066	4.5
LAD (2 yrs)				13	9	1	3.0	91	.286	.182	.261	.308	.325	.182	.375	.490	.700	43	.356	-0.8	-0.1	.444	.182	.000

AL (2 yrs)				694	480	66	3.7	101	.274	.244	.268	.337	.332	.310	.407	.647	.739	78	.403	-17.8	-1.8	.570	.200	.066	4.5
NL (2 yrs)				13	9	1	3.0	91	.286	.182	.261	.308	.325	.182	.375	.490	.700	43	.356	-0.8	-0.1	.444	.182	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1980	25	LAD	NL	4	0.0%	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0%	0.00				0.00	75%
1981	26	LAD	NL	9	0.0%	44.4%	11.1%	0.0%	0%	4.00	2.0			2.00	44%
1982	27	MIN	AL	513	0.4%	10.3%	10.5%	3.7%	17%	0.98	8.6	227.0	16.2	1.35	78%
1983	28	MIN	AL	181	0.6%	11.6%	15.5%	3.9%	20%	0.75	7.2	152.0	10.1	2.34	72%
4 Yrs				707	0.4%	11.0%	11.9%	3.7%	17%	0.93	7.9	205.7	14.3	1.52	76%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.0%	8.3%	6.5%	28%	1.56	6.9	45.6	8.6	1.10	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1980	25	LAD	NL	0.3	0.0	4	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	2.24	0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.97	0.3	1.33	1
1981	26	LAD	NL	-1.0	-0.1	9	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	.95	-0.1	0.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.90	-1.0	0.83	2
1982	27	MIN	AL	-14.6	-1.5	536	-2.9	6.0	-8.9	.94	-1.8	-1.3	-23.2	-2.3	0.93	-19.4	1.35	3
1983	28	MIN	AL	-3.3	-0.3	190	-0.1	3.4	-3.5	1.09	0.1	-0.2	-1.2	-0.1	0.98	-0.5	1.51	13
4 Yrs				-18.7	-1.9	739	-3.1	9.5	-12.6	.98	-1.8	-1.4	-25.3	-2.5	0.94	-20.7	1.41	19

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1980	25	LAD	NL	0	50%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1981	26	LAD	NL	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1982	27	MIN	AL	3	28%	209	8	9	47%	8	9	2	2	2	8	46%	38	20	17	6	3	3	13	7	6
1983	28	MIN	AL	2	40%	98	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	7	9	38%	17	12	5	4	3	1	8	2	5
4 Yrs				5	31%	316	9	10	47%	9	10	2	2	9	17	41%	57	34	22	11	7	4	22	10	11

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1980	25	LAD	NL	4	100%	1			1	1	0	0	1.33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1981	26	LAD	NL	9	89%	1			2	0	0	0	0.83	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1982	27	MIN	AL	513	77%	113			3	1	0	0	1.35	2	0	13	2	0	1	1	0	2	2	100%	75	6	8%	31	8	26%	271	26	10%	17	7	41%	8	2	25%	0
1983	28	MIN	AL	181	94%	35			13	3	0	1	1.51	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		31	3	10%	15	5	33%	98	15	15%	10	6	60%	8	3	38%	0
4 Yrs				707	82%	150			19	5	0	1	1.41	3	0	16	3	0	2	1	0	2	2	100%	107	9	8%	46	13	28%	374	41	11%	27	13	48%	16	5	31%	0
MLB Averages					57%																			83%			11%			36%			15%			52%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1980	25	9	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	139	1	0	0	0	0	0
1981	26	19	13	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.182	.308	.182	.490	43	2	0	0	0	0	0
1982	27	143	526	465	49	115	11	6	2	28	8	9	56	57	.247	.330	.310	.640	76	144	6	2	2	1	4
1983	28	202	707	617	75	150	15	8	3	43	9	10	84	78	.243	.336	.308	.644	77	190	9	3	2	1	6

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1980	25	9	6	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	9
1981	26	15	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	10
1982	27	124	516	456	49	115	11	6	2	29	8	55	53	.252	.335	.316	.650	48	124
1983	28	59	181	152	26	35	4	2	1	15	1	28	21	.230	.354	.303	.656	16	59
4 Yrs		207	717	624	77	152	15	8	3	44	9	87	80	.244	.338	.308	.646	65	202
162 Game Avg.		162	561	488	60	119	12	6	2	34	7	68	63	.244	.338	.308	.646	51	202

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